AMD Changes 290 Series Fan Algorithms & About That 290 Conclusion
In a busy week that’s going to end up being just a bit busier, AMD has pushed out another Catalyst driver update specifically targeted at the new Radeon R9...
141 by on 11/9/2013The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti Review
First announced last month at an NVIDIA event, launching today is NVIDIA's newest flagship video card and the capstone to the GK110 family, GeForce GTX 780 Ti. Taking everything...
302 by on 11/7/2013The AMD Radeon R9 290 Review
Launching today is AMD's Radeon R9 290, the obligatory lower-tier part for AMD’s new flagship video card lineup. Making the usual tradeoffs for a lower-tier part, AMD is cutting...
295 by on 11/5/2013NVIDIA Announces GeForce GTX 780/770 Price Cuts; GTX 780 Ti Launch Date & Price
With the launch of AMD’s new flagship Radeon R9 290X only a couple of days behind us, NVIDIA has wasted surprisingly little time in responding the latest salvo in...
146 by on 10/28/2013The AMD Radeon R9 290X Review
Launching today is AMD's Radeon R9 290X. The 290X is not only the fastest card in AMD’s 200 series lineup, but the 290 series in particular also contains the...
396 by on 10/24/2013NVIDIA GeForce 331.58 WHQL Drivers Now Available
After last month’s release of their 331.40 beta drivers, NVIDIA’s R331 driver branch has finally reached WHQL certification with today's release of driver version 331.58. For those of you on...
5 by on 10/21/2013NVIDIA Consolidates Game Streaming Tech Under GameStream Brand; Announces Shield Console Mode
As part of their Montreal game showcase announcements, NVIDIA has announced that come October 28th the company will be consolidating their various PC game streaming technologies under a single...
15 by on 10/18/2013GeForce ShadowPlay Gets a Beta Date & Twitch Support
As part of their Montreal game showcase announcements, NVIDIA has announced that their GeForce ShadowPlay feature will finally be getting a beta release date - October 28th - along...
13 by on 10/18/2013NVIDIA Announces GeForce GTX 780 Ti; Shipping In Mid-November
Although AMD’s forthcoming Radeon R9 290X has yet to launch, NVIDIA has seemingly decided to go ahead and announce their 290X counter product ahead of time. With that in...
45 by on 10/18/2013AMD Posts "The four core principles of AMD’s Mantle"
Picking up from where we left off with AMD’s Mantle-related Tweet on Tuesday, the company has published a longer blog post that goes a bit deeper into what the...
13 by on 10/18/2013NVIDIA Announces Holiday GeForce Game Bundles
As part of NVIDIA’s Montreal game showcase festivities, NVIDIA has announced that they have once again updated their game bundles. This time it’s one of their biggest bundles yet. Replacing...
22 by on 10/18/2013AMD Radeon R9 290X Performance Preview: Bioshock Infinite
As something of a counter-event to NVIDIA’s gaming showcase taking place in Montreal, Canada this week, AMD has organized an early, brief reveal of their forthcoming Radeon R9 290X...
90 by on 10/17/2013Windows 8.1 Update Now Available
October 17th is here, and as previously announced by Microsoft Windows 8.1 is now shipping. Microsoft’s service pack/update for Windows 8 is being distributed through the Windows 8 Store. Microsoft...
105 by on 10/17/2013AMD Expands On Microsoft Blog Post, Reiterates Mantle Goals
Picking up from where we left off with Microsoft's blog post on the state of Direct3D, AMD has released their own short statement through Twitter expanding on Microsoft's blog...
46 by on 10/15/2013Microsoft Comments on State of Direct3D, Mantle Support, & Names XB1 API “Direct3D 11.x”
In a somewhat unusual technical/promotional blog entry called “Raising the Bar with Direct3D”, Microsoft has released some additional details on the version of Direct3D for Xbox One, along with...
36 by on 10/15/2013The Sapphire R9 280X Toxic Review
Today we're taking a look at Sapphire's Radeon R9 280X Toxic, the latest of the custom 280X cards to come rolling through our labs. With the Toxic series of...
85 by on 10/10/2013The Radeon R9 280X Review: Feat. Asus & XFX - Meet The Radeon 200 Series
After being announced back at AMD's 2014 GPU Product Showcase, today AMD is finally launching the Radeon 200 series. Today we’ll be looking at the new series in detail...
151 by on 10/8/2013NVIDIA Announces GeForce GTX 660, GTX 650 Ti Boost Price Cuts
Ahead of things to come this week, NVIDIA has announced a preemptive price cut for a couple of their mainstream GeForce products. As of today, the GTX 660 is...
34 by on 10/7/2013The GeForce GTX 760 Roundup: Gigabyte and EVGA Compared
Today we’re taking a look at our first customized GTX 760 cards, the GTX 760 OC Windforce 3X and GTX 760 Superclocked ACX from Gigabyte and EVGA respectively. Based...
22 by on 10/7/2013The GeForce GTX 770 Roundup: EVGA, Gigabyte, and MSI Compared
Today we’re taking a look at our first customized GTX 770 cards, coming from from EVGA, Gigabyte, and MSI. All of these are semi-custom and fully custom cards pairing...
55 by on 10/4/2013